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How popular is “Ajay” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ajay” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ajay” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ajay” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ajay” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ajay” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ajay” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ajay” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 -100%
1968 14 0.000004144 14 -100%
1969 18 0.000005179 18 -100%
1970 20 0.000005546 20 -100%
1971 17 0.000004953 17 -100%
1972 19 0.000006045 19 -100%
1973 27 0.00000895 27 -100%
1974 31 0.000010197 31 -100%
1975 29 0.000009605 29 -100%
1976 25 0.000008239 25 -100%
1977 24 0.000007555 24 -100%
1978 35 0.000011028 35 -100%
1979 39 0.000011722 39 -100%
1980 33 0.00000958 33 -100%
1981 42 0.000012141 42 -100%
1982 39 0.000011118 39 -100%
1983 55 0.000015881 55 -100%
1984 63 0.000018058 63 -100%
1985 49 0.000013729 49 -100%
1986 61 0.000017149 61 -100%
1987 52 0.000014422 52 -100%
1988 48 0.00001299 48 -100%
1989 46 0.000011965 46 -100%
1990 47 0.000011891 47 -100%
1991 42 0.000010782 42 -100%
1992 53 0.000013798 53 -100%
1993 61 0.000016179 61 -100%
1994 59 0.00001587 59 -100%
1995 74 0.000020207 74 -100%
1996 79 0.00002166 79 -100%
1997 75 0.000020685 75 -100%
1998 98 0.000026643 98 -100%
1999 104 0.000028155 104 -100%
2000 106 0.000028043 106 -100%
2001 143 0.000038201 143 -100%
2002 152 0.00004066 152 -100%
2003 157 0.000041291 157 -100%
2004 137 0.000035855 137 -100%
2005 152 0.000039533 152 -100%
2006 156 0.000039432 156 -100%
2007 149 0.000037272 149 -100%
2008 155 0.000039434 155 -100%
2009 142 0.000037171 142 -100%
2010 142 0.000038423 142 -100%
2011 158 0.000043195 158 -100%
2012 129 0.000035271 129 -100%
2013 138 0.000037853 5 133 -93%
2014 130 0.000035075 130 -100%
2015 119 0.000032154 119 -100%
2016 88 0.000023987 88 -100%
2017 107 0.00002992 107 -100%
2018 108 0.000030718 108 -100%
2019 77 0.000022184 77 -100%
2020 85 0.000025445 85 -100%
2021 90 0.000026565 90 -100%
2022 80 0.000023647 80 -100%
2023 70 0.00002114 70 -100%
2024 56 0.000016824 56 -100%

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